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Erin Kodicek

Before Erin was born, her mother worried that she’d be the only Kodicek to take pleasure in reading anything more substantial than a take-out menu. Erin has been happily hawking books for 20+ years. She enjoys literary fiction, narrative-driven nonfiction, and a well-written menu.

Recent posts by Erin

"...I was eager to join those who struggle to shed light on this issue in the hope that we can all start a conversation together that will drive us, collectively, to take a step towards positive change."

A historical novel that finds accusations of witchcraft quickly infecting a grieving but resourceful community; an ungentle but poignant story of family, faith, and hard choices; and a fascinating, and dishy, account of becoming the first female literary editor at
Esquire at the tender age of 25...

A debut that's a cross between Etaf Rum's
A Woman Is No Man and Tara Westover's
Educated; a historical whodunit that blurs the line between the fantastical and the spectral; and a novel about a young, Viking-obsessed woman named Zelda, who is about to become the hero of her own legend...